THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

MLSA is having our first general meeting of the year! We plan on talking about filling our 1L rep position, upcoming events, and our exciting new relationship with the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. This new relationship can lead to potential externships, networking events, free membership and mentorships! Hope to see you there!

Come join the Minority Law Student Association, Latinx Law Society, Black Law Student Association, Asian/Pacific American Law Student Association, OutLaw, and Native American Law Student Association for lunch! The president’s of all these student groups will be on a panel discussing topics of diversity, being a minority, and how these student groups benefit our community.

L&C Law alums Kasia Rutledge and Rakeem Washington will lead an interactive workshop on how to discuss race. The workshop aims to equip attendees with tools and skills for effective and meaningful engagement. As present and future legal advocates, ignoring the race elephant in the room is not an option.

Please join MLSA in celebrating the annual MLSA Staff Appreciation Thanksgiving Dinner! This event hosts students, faculty, and staff to show thanks for all that the Lewis & Clark Law School staff provides for the law school community. We will be providing a thanksgiving feast in the LRC on November 11, 2014 from 4:30PM-6:00PM.

RSVP for a three hour bus tour lead by the Fair Housing Council of Oregon that will highlight how Oregon’s history of racism has shaped, and continues to shape, the geography of the greater Portland area.

Keynote Event:

Dylan Rodriguez, professor and chair of ethnic studies, University of California, Riverside
“Inhabiting the Impasse: Incarceration, Insurgencies, and the Logic of Racial Genocide”

The National Lawyers Guild is hosting a panel of lawyers to speak on diversity as a core tenet of service to clients.

OLIO’s Spring Social Networking Event is coming. RSVP soon!

Deadline for OSB Diversity Scholarships is April 1st!! Follow this link for more information.

Join Stephen Manning, a partner at Immigration Law Group, PC and Teresa Statler, a sole immigration law practitioner in Portland, to explore policy and practice in this area of law. This will include the obstacles and legal consequences affecting transnational couples as opposed to domestic couples.Obstacles include residency, citizenship,detention, deportation and asylum.

Mediterranean food with vegan options, drinks, and dessert will be provided.
Classroom 2
12:15pm-1:30pm

Presented by OUTlaw, co-sponsored by National Lawyer’s Guild and the Latino Law Society.

For more information on this event, please contact: Alyssa Sappenfield, asappenfield@lclark.edu

Criminal Aliens: A discussion of the Department of Homeland Security’s Criminal Alien Program, Secure Communities and the criminalization of undocumented immigrants.

The Obama administration has deported record numbers while claiming to focus removal efforts on “criminal aliens.” Who are these “criminal aliens,” how does the program work, and why has the ACLU sued Multnomah County? Join Stephen Manning, adjunct professor at Lewis& Clark, and Jaime Limon Guzman, an immigrant rights organizer, as they discuss these topics and more.

Sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild and Latino Law Society.
Lunch provided. 
Classroom 3

Join BLSA and LLS for a combined Judges Panel, “Minorities on the Bench”. Come meet Oregon Judges who will share how they came to Oregon, why they stayed and what they like most about being a Judge. Great opportunity for 1Ls to meet local Judges and learn first hand how to prepare for judicial clerkships and externships. This event will be held in Classroom 4, 12:15pm-1:30pm. Cuban food will be served. For more information please contact Vicky Razo at vrazo@lclark.edu.

Juan Meléndez and Greg Wilhoit, from Witness to Innocence, spent a combined 22+ years on death row for crimes they did not commit. Hear their powerful stories about their journey from death row to freedom. Professor Aliza Kaplan and Professor Tung Yin will provide legal insight on wrongful convictions and the criminal justice system.  

Sponsored by: Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Oregon Justice Resource Center, American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, Amnesty International USA, National Lawyers Guild. (Wednesday 3/6, 6-7:30 pm, Room 2).

A hearty Thanksgiving dinner for the amazing faculty and staff at the law school.

The Oregon Court of Appeals is inviting you to listen in on oral argument, and to have a conversation with the judges and clerks.

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